The Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Transit Administration will award a coveted Transportation Planning Excellence Award to the Sacramento Region Blueprint: Transportation/Land Use Study during a ceremony in Park City, Utah on July 25. SACOG Deputy Executive Director Pete Hathaway will be on hand to receive the honor on the agency’s behalf.

The award selection process was very competitive, with over 200 submissions nationwide, according to FTA officials. The judges selected Blueprint for honor for the following reasons:

• Blueprint focused on reaching a wide range of stakeholders, both at the neighborhood level and the regional level, including low-income residents, business representatives, and government officials to help develop a plan.
• In the process, Blueprint offered the community a range of options and scenarios to consider.
• It demonstrates a way to use technology to make it easier for residents to think about their community and they way they live and work.
• Blueprint integrates land use planning and transportation planning, using stakeholder and public participation to reach the final outcome.